User manual AIRLIVE WP-201G

[. . . ] WP-201G Wireless USB Print Server User's Manual COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2006/2007 by this company. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. [. . . ] The Configuration Utility provides configuration and management functions: the following Search Print Server: Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network. SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration. 53 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name. System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade. Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network. We will explain each function separately in the following section. 54 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 7. 2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server's configuration on the tool bar. The utility, click the "Search" icon configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system's available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network. All available print servers will be listed under "Server Group" on the left side of the window. You must select the print server you would like to configure from the list. The system will, at the same time, display the selected print server's status on the right side of the window. 55 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 7. 3 Status of Print Server Click "Status" icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and print server printing ability. . . etc. You can refresh the print server's status by pressing the "Refresh" button . 56 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual You can restart the print server by pressing the "Reboot" button . 57 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 7. 4 Setup the Print Server Click "Setup" icon on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. A screen will pop up to verify "User Name" and "Password" of the print server. User Name: admin Password: airlive 58 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 59 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 7. 5 General Configuration Double Click "General" icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You also can configure the "Server Name", "User Name" and "Password" here. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities. User Name / Password is used to authenticate the administrator by the Web administration tool. 60 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 7. 6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click "TCP/IP" icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up. You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you. 61 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual Click the "IP" button to enter the IP setting page. If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select "Auto IP". You also can select "Static IP" to manually assign "IP Address", "Subnet Mask" and "Gateway" for the print server. Click the "DHCP Server" button to enter the DHCP server's setting page. You can "Enable/Disable" the DHCP server or set "Auto" and assign a range of IP addresses here. [. . . ] Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can't turn back to normal configuration. 113 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 9. IPP Printing 114 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 9. 1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PC's that can access the print server by IP. You can even share your printer to Internet users. 115 AirLive WP-201G User's Manual 9. 2 9. 2. 1 System Setup Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. [. . . ]